I am writing this today, because I am an outraged concerned parent, and wanted to let you know about a growing problem in our public schools. The problem is bullying. This “problem” will not go away unless we as parents get involved. Too many times I have seen parents turn the other cheek because they are too afraid of the outcome to say anything. This has to stop! Our child was and is a victim.

Last year, he was bullied on the playground at the middle school and as a result of it, he suffered a concussion. He was choked to the point of blacking out with his own jacket and then body slammed to the ground. The school made it sound like it was an accident (they were playing football is what I was told) until the phone calls started coming in. I made several attempts to talk with the principal and the superintendent and my attempts fell upon deaf ears. They were always at a meeting of some sort.

When I went to the school for the third time the vice principal came to meet me, and when I asked what they intended to do about punishing the bully, they told me that they could not discuss that with me. It was our child lying in the machine getting a CT scan and and an MRI done on his head and neck, and they could not tell me what was being done to the bully. Thanks for your help! The child that stuck up for our child got punished, because he got involved. This was so wrong, and as far as I know nothing has been done to the bully that done this to our child. He could not play his last football game of the season, because of the injuries that he had suffered at the hands of a bully. Now, I ask you how fair was this to our child? This year he was bullied again, this time it was with a rock. Someone threw a rock at him and it hit him in the eye. Luckily there was no permanent damage done to his eye. But that is not the point. Once again, I made an attempt to contact the proper school officials, and once again, I got told they were all in meetings.

How convenient! Was I upset? Yes, I was! Did I show out? Yes, I did, but who wouldn’t? When the school board finally contacted me I explained the situation, and again when the principal contacted me, I was told again that I would not know the punishment, because of the parent, teacher and student confidentiality breech. If it were your child wouldn’t you want to know who done this to your child and what is being done? Our child is getting hurt, and you can’t tell me anything? Wow! Really? A few weeks ago another child got bullied and because our child was there he got called into the office and was asked what he saw.

Our child stated that he didn’t see anything because they were playing tag and he was running away from the group. I have always taught my children to be honest and he was doing just that. The vice principal kept insisting that he must know something because he was there. He explained again that he didn’t see anything and they kept on with him. Then they punished him for getting an attitude with them. Well, let me ask you what would you do? If it was me I would give an attitude too, especially if I told you a hundred times that I didn’t see anything; and once again the child that stuck up for the bullied child got punished. This was wrong in so many ways. Now we have two children trying to do the right thing that are getting punished. See the problem? The school system is punishing the wrong students.

I’m not wanting to home school my child because that would be like punishing him again, and he’s the victim here. I should not have to worry about him all day while he’s in school, as to whether or not I’m going to get a phone call saying that he was once again a victim, and he should not have to worry about going to school and getting bullied by another student or the administration. Because in fact this is what the administration is doing?

So, no matter how you look at it, a bully is a bully whether you are an adult or a child. This is his last year in the middle school and it should be one of the happiest times in his life, but it’s not. He should not have to look over his shoulder all day to see if he’s going to be the victim once again. In my opinion I think they need to bring the STAR Program back. When we had this program there was not as much of this going on. When the bullies left the program they had a lot more respect and saw things differently! This is just a suggestion.

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